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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Merkley OHL Player of the Week

Toronto | by
Bayshore News Staff

Storm Defender Has 6 Point Week

Storm’s Ryan Merkley named OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2018 NHL Draft prospect Ryan Merkley of the Guelph Storm is the OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week for the week ending November 12 after scoring one goal with five assists for six points in two games with a plus-minus rating of plus-4.

Merkley becomes the first defenceman to earn the award this season after recording two multi-point performances last week helping the Storm to a pair of victories. On Friday night he scored once and added an assist as part of a 6-2 win
over the North Bay Battalion, then collected a career-high four assists on Sunday as first star of a 5-1 win over the Sudbury Wolves. The two weekend wins give the Storm three straight lifting them into a second place tie in the OHL’s Midwest Division with
22 points from a 10-7-0-2 record.

A 17-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., Merkley is playing in his second season with the Storm after being chosen first overall in the 2016 OHL Priority Selection and earning OHL Rookie of the Year honours. The first round candidate in NHL
Central Scouting’s October ‘Players to Watch’ list leads the Storm in scoring and is currently second among OHL defencemen with 24 points in 19 games including six goals and 18 assists.